Seven posts were made to the CFFC Facebook page during the week of 11/17-23/2024.
11/17/2024 – CF Can’t Stop Me from Living Boldly – While this woman’s adventures are a bit extreme, she demonstrates the power in refusing to let CF define your boundaries.
11/18/2024 – “The single most important thing I’ve learned is to talk”: Men’s Mental Health Month – Mental health is a concern across the CF community. This man found the necessary supports do deal with his issues.
11/19/2024 – Faster lung function decline in CF linked to anti-P. aeruginosa virus – While phage therapy holds promise for treating bacterial infections, this study shows that not all bacteriophages are beneficial in CF lungs.
11/20/2024 – How College Helped Me Open Up About My CF – There’s more to the college experience than academic learning; there’s a lot of learning about oneself.
11/21/2024 – 60 years of microbiological research in CF – An interesting perspective of what has been learned about bacteria and infections over the last 6 decades.
11/22/2024 – Focusing on the Future Without My G-Tube – A story around another benefit of Trikafta. Being able to discontinue a G-tube removes physical evidence of “being different.”
11/23/2024 – A bioinspired capsule can pump drugs directly into the walls of the GI tract – Who would have thought that squids would be an ally of people living with CF who cope with CFRD? This research promises an alternative to injections to effectively deliver insulin.